Friday, August 14, 2009

COMMENTS: "One game at a time," the cliché goes, but let's face it: Not taking this series against the 52-63 Diamondbacks would be a disappointment. The Dodgers' toughest test this weekend will be facing Arizona's de facto ace, Haren. However, Haren has hit a rough patch in his past few starts, admitting, "It's no secret, I'm scuffling right now." Cat's out of the bag!

It's also no secret that Kershaw is currently the ace of the Dodgers' staff. To put this into perspective, Tim Lincecum — the Cy Young-pitcher who didn't get the victory against the Dodgers on Wednesday — is 25 years old. Kershaw is 21. You could say he's in the catbird seat.

The Dodgers are 5.0 games ahead of the Rockies, 6.5 ahead of the Giants. They also have a 32-13 record against the rest of the NL West this season. It's time to sharpen your claws, gentlemen.

Just to play devil's advocate, clearly Kemp is thriving where he is batting in the order now. Why shake that up when it's working? He's getting up with plenty of RISP so it's not like he's stuck down there having low potential impact at bats.

As for the J.D. Drew thing, I never cared except that it left the Dodgers in a lurch. I can't stand J.D. Drew and his faux religious fanaticism combined with an ego that I think even Scott Boras has to tone down.

Brilliantly made and inventive documentary-style film about extraterrestrial refugees in Johannesburg, South Africa. Amazing seamless special effects and surprisingly good action sequences, but some images and story elements were, as I said INTENSE. Not a feel-good flick, but definitely worth a watch.

@Ali when he played here, his at bat song wasn't any Men At Work. I would remember that. I'm glad he's in the bigs, he seems to be a nice guy, at least he took lots of time to sign things for the fans, specially for the kids.